Robi Kroflič, Sonja Rutar and Bogdana Borota (Eds.), Art in Education in Kindergartens and Schools: The SKUM Project (Slovenian: Umetnost v vzgoji v vrtcih in šolah: projekt SKUM), University of Primorska Press, 2022; 212 pp.: ISBN: 978-961-293-172-8

have long argued and demonstrated that the development of artistic domains in education is not just an "add-on", but represents a fundamental mode of expression and thinking, as well as a holistic development of the child.They advocate approaches that recognise art as a medium for exploring and understanding the world and one's role in it, while encouraging independent thinking, (self-)reflection and active engagement beyond knowledge acquisition and socialisation.The awareness of the importance of art in education, especially as a means of expression and communication, led to the development of the SKUM project (Developing Communication Skills through Cultural and Artistic Education), the results of which are comprehensively presented in the monograph Art in Education in Kindergartens and Schools: The SKUM Project.The project, which ran from 2017 to 2022, was one of the most important research initiatives in the field of education and focused on developing links between educational institutions, artists and cultural organisations.The main goal of the project was to improve students' communication skills, which was achieved through the collaboration of 32 consortium partners and 224 educators from different educational institutions.Through this network, almost 3,000 kindergarten children, more